Personal Hygiene

[FramerGirl420]

I generally shower only every other day. That's gross apparently, but my hair is nicer and shinier than it was when I showered every day, so yeah works for me. (I have oily hair, so washing it daily dries it out which leads your hair to compensate with even more oil. Or something.) I don't use conditioner either.

I think that's the only thing I skip. I only wash my hair every two days, because shampoo dries it out majorly and makes it yech if I wash it everyday. It ends up feeling and looking like straw.

 

[ATM]

I wash myself with a rag on a stick.

 

[Dalish]

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I take a shower at least once a day, unless I'm sick or know I won't leave the house. Sometimes I'll take more than one shower a day if I get really sweaty or just want to take a shower to relax.

I shave in the shower as well, which adds a few minutes to my shower time.

I've experimented with taking cold showers or the Scottish shower (finishing the shower with cold water - which James Bond does in the books) which I like, but it needs to be warm out or it's miserable getting out. I'll have to experiment with it more this summer.

 

[AnOminous]

I've experimented with taking cold showers or the Scottish shower (finishing the shower with cold water - which James Bond does in the books) which I like, but it needs to be warm out or it's miserable getting out. I'll have to experiment with it more this summer.

I usually finish with cold because it brings me out of the shower trance and also seems to dissolve and wash away soap and other cleaning products faster.

 

[nyess]

Spoiler

I pee when I'm in the shower. Preferably with the shower faucet on.

 

[Putrid Zombie]

I shower at night. Once a day.

 

[Mourning Dove]

And I use a certain eco-friendly laundry soap on my clothes so I don't contaminate the drinking water with phosphates, methylisothiazolinone, and other bad things. The frankincense/myrrh scented soap makes my clothes smell like hippie incense, but it might as well be that way since I'm apparently a hippie for being into all these eco-friendly products!

 

[Goddessoftheshire]

I shower every night before bed I can't stand going to bed dirty. I have to use lotion on my elbows and knees they get very ashy which I assume comes from my father who is mixed race. If my hair is long which is very curly I have to use conditioner because of the frizz, but if it is summer I buzz my hair so I only need shampoo. If my hair is long it has to be washed everyday because it will poof out and up. I loathe shaving but I do it before I go anywhere unless if I'm staying home. Thing that annoys me about shaving is I will have a 5 o'clock shadow about a hour after shaving, and I have to actually use an antique razor with real blades to shave.

 

[milkshark]

In high school I showered daily, in the morning first thing. I shower about once or twice a week now, even working 40 hours a week doing light manual labor. I'm lucky, I don't sweat a lot or stink that much. Although one day of outdoor work in the sun has me smelling pretty bad and I will take a shower immediately after that. I keep my hair combed to the side, and I have a short goatee with no mustache so I look somewhat older than 19. I don't shave everyday, about 2 or 3 times a week usually.

 

[Pikimon]

I sweat alot but I mercifully I dont have BO, however that doesnt stop from showering daily.

 

[Queen of Tarts]

Years ago I was obsessed with showers. Now that I'm living alone, I have to conserve, so I take a shower every other day usually, mostly to save on towels and on laundry. Wet wipes can be your best friend sometimes.

 

[Mourning Dove]

For any forum members with a beard, how do you clean it? Do you shampoo it or something? As someone without a beard, I am very curious.

 

[Logia_Peter]

I cannot stand to go outside if my face has any blemish or puffiness.

I try to shower as often as I can.

 

[Cosmos]

I take my personal hygiene very seriously. I take a bath every other day (because you're not supposed to wash your hair too frequently or else you'll strip away all the natural oils that keep it nice and shiny) and never forget to brush my teeth or put on deodorant. And yes, I take baths instead of showers; I'm very short so I can comfortably lie down in a tub. I love to spend anywhere from 3o minutes to an hour just soaking in hot, soapy water while reading a good book.

I also really don't understand people who don't look after their personal hygiene. I'm sort of prissy and I hate being/feeling dirty and unclean. I don't understand how some lolcows and other people can go over a week (and maybe more) without showering or brushing their teeth. It makes no sense to me and makes me shudder

 

[MACH-IV]

I figure that in a few years scientists will have invented a way to undo all negative effects of bad hygiene so I don't bother with any of that stuff.

I see dudes buying soap and toilet paper and all I can do is laugh. Such a damn waste of money when there are Yugioh cards literally just a few aisles away.

 

[XYZpdq]

I shower every time I poop.

 

[Megahertz]

Shower once every other day, once every day when I'm outside regularly or on the rag. I always wash my hair every other day. I have Hermione Granger-tier hair so anything more frequent than that results in nightmares... I can't wait until I graduate so I can chop all this fucking hair off.

 

[nad7155]

Shower once every other day

Sorry, but that's just gross.

 

[Megahertz]

/shrug tell that to the numerous other people in this thread who do the same. I don't have body odor, i wear clean clothes every day, and I spend most of my time indoors. Some people get gross within a 24 hour period because of lifestyle or genetics, some people don't.